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Job 32:7

Job 32:7
I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

I said, days should speak,.... That is, men of days, of many days, who have lived many days and years in the world: man in common is but of few days, even the most that men arrive to are but few; and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

I said, Days should speak - The aged ought to speak. They have had the advantage of long observation of the course of events; they are acquainted with the sentiments of past times; they may have had…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Days should speak - That is, men are to be reputed wise and experienced in proportion to the time they have lived. The Easterns were remarkable for treasuring up wise sayings: indeed, the principal…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 32:6-14

Elihu here appears to have been,

I. A man of great modesty and humility. Though a young man, and a man of abilities, yet not pert, and confident, and assuming: his face shone, and, like Moses, he did…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Job 32:6-10

Elihu, being a youth, shrank from interfering in a dispute in which aged men were engaged; but he perceived that wisdom did not always accompany grey hairs; it is a gift of God, and, conscious of…

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